26013 Cambourne to Cambridge Construction Procurement

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            "name": "Cambridgeshire County Council on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership",
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                "locality": "Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon",
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                "country": "GB",
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                "name": "Jon Collyns",
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        "title": "26013 Cambourne to Cambridge Construction Procurement",
        "description": "The purpose of the Scheme is to increase capacity, improve journey times and the reliability and resilience of passenger services that serve the Greater Cambridge area. To achieve this purpose, the Scheme will connect Camborne with Cambridge by a guided bus route. Description of the Scheme Works: * A mostly segregated guided busway and adjoining emergency and maintenance access track to also be used for active travel; * public transport stops; * operational lighting; * bridges over the M11 motorway and Bin Brook; * signalised junctions where the route crosses existing roads; * Travel Hub (Park and Ride) providing spaces for cars, bicycles and coaches; * amendments to existing highways and accesses, parking arrangements, drainage and the construction of fencing, environmental mitigation, earthworks and landscaping; * along with other ancillary works as required. It is intended to procure the works via a 2-stage tender process utilising the NEC4 Option C form of contract including X22 Early Contractor Involvement. The outline Scope for the stage 1 works includes: - * Undertake all necessary surveys * TWAO Design validation * Preliminary Design * Detailed design * Detailed construction programme Cost management - the successful Contractor will work with the Client's commercial manager to develop the stage 2 target cost throughout the stage 1/ECI period. Development of the target cost; Work package negotiation and procurement all subcontract packages will be tendered on an 'open book' basis with the Client and Project Manager having full visibility of all tender returns and any adjustments, allowances, attendances etc Preliminaries - based on resourced construction programme and staff rates included in stage 1 tender Buildability assessments Construction operations planning Programme development Logistics and access arrangements The price for the stage 1 tender for the X22/ECI works will consist of contractor's preliminaries/fee for undertaking the stage 1 works and managing the design process, design costs for surveys, investigations and Scoping, TWAO Design Validation and Preliminary Design and Detailed Design. As part of the evaluation, tenderers will be required to provide fixed percentages for overheads and profit which will be applied to both stage 1 and stage 2 of the contract. As part of the tender there will also be a requirement to provide a budget price for the scheme based on the current TWAO design cost plan which will be included in the ITT pricing document and a schedule of staff rates which will be used for the stage 2 preliminaries costs. Neither of these elements will form part of the tender evaluation for stage 1. Full details of the procurement procedure, the intended Contract, required Works, and the process for expressing an interest in this opportunity are detailed within the associated tender documents. The Council reserves the right to abandon the procurement and is not bound to award any contract arising from this Tender Notice. Applicants are solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to the preparation and submission of their PSQ Response, as well as any costs arising from participation in subsequent stages of the procurement, assessment, and contract award process.",
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            "features": "This Tender Notice relates to the award of a public contract through a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023 (\"PA 2023\"). For a description of the process to be followed, including conditions of participation to be applied in the selection of suppliers, the process for submitting tenders and award criteria and assessment methodology, refer to the associated tender documents made available together with this Notice. The associated tender documents include the draft invitation to tender, the draft Contract and the draft technical documents. The Council reserves its right to rely on section 24 PA 2023 to refine award criteria as part of the competitive flexible procedure. Refinements to the award criteria may include but are not limited to: - Refining award criteria weightings; - Adding sub-criteria or more detail to the sub-criteria (relevant to the existing main criteria). In addition, the Council may also rely on section 31 PA 2023 to modify the terms of the procurement as set out in this Tender Notice or the associated tender documents. The associated tender documents made available on the Portal alongside this Tender Notice are issued in draft form (save for the PSQ and PSQ Guidance which are in final form) at this stage. The Council considers the information provided in this Tender Notice and the draft associated tender documents are sufficiently clear and specific to enable Applicant's to identify the nature and scope of the Council's requirement and decide whether to submit a request to participate. This will be an iterative process, and the Council may update, refine or provide additional associated tender documents to shortlisted participating Tenderers at the next stage of the procurement process. At this next stage Tenderers may raise clarifications or propose amendments to certain specified associated tender documents or specific areas and the Council will consider and may amend/refine the associated tender documents at its discretion. The Council will not distort competition nor act unfairly and amendments will not be made to benefit just one or just a few Tenderers. Final associated tender documents will be issued to all shortlisted participating Tenderers via the portal. It is intended to procure the Works via a 2-stage tender process utilising the NEC4 Option C form of contract including X22 Early Contractor Involvement. The outline Scope for the stage 1 works includes: - * Undertake all necessary surveys * TWAO Design validation * Preliminary Design * Detailed design * Detailed construction programme * Cost management - the successful Contractor will work with the Client's commercial manager to develop the stage 2 target cost throughout the stage 1/ECI period. * Development of the target cost; Work package negotiation and procurement * all subcontract packages will be tendered on an 'open book' basis with the Client and Project Manager having full visibility of all tender returns and any adjustments, allowances, attendances etc * Preliminaries - based on resourced construction programme and staff rates included in stage 1 tender * Buildability assessments * Construction operations planning * Programme development * Logistics and access arrangements The price for the stage 1 tender for the X22/ECI works will consist of contractor's preliminaries/fee for undertaking the stage 1 works and managing the design process, design costs for surveys, investigations and scoping, TWAO Design Validation and Preliminary Design and Detailed Design. As part of the evaluation, tenderers will be required to provide fixed percentages for overheads and profit which will be applied to both stage 1 and stage 2 of the contract. As part of the tender there will also be a requirement to provide a budget price for the scheme based on the current TWAO design cost plan which will be included in the ITT pricing document and a schedule of staff rates which will be used for the stage 2 preliminaries costs. Neither of these elements will form part of the tender evaluation for stage 1."
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        "submissionMethodDetails": "All bids must be submitted electronically via the Council's e-tendering portal - ProContract. Full details and all associated tender documents can be found here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=bed92600-cf34-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=ea3edb62-3a92-eb11-810c-005056b64545",
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